A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel displaying images, a light source supplying light to the liquid crystal panel, a circuit board including at least one of a brightness sensor and a temperature sensor, a frame including a plurality of sidewalls each including an inner surface, an outer surface and a top surface, the frame including a recess into which the circuit board is inserted downwardly, and the top surface including an open area through which the recess is accessible, and a blocking member covering the open area of the top surface where the frame recess is opened.
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1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal panel displaying images; a light source supplying light to the liquid crystal panel; a circuit board including at least one of a brightness sensor and a temperature sensor; a frame including a plurality of sidewalls each including an inner surface, an outer surface and a top surface, the frame further including a recess in a sidewall and into which the circuit board is inserted downwardly, and the top surface of the sidewall includes a first open area through which the recess is accessible from an outside of the frame; and a blocking member covering the first open area of the top surface of the sidewall where the recess is opened.
2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the blocking member reflects the light supplied by the light source.
3. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the blocking member is an adhesive tape.
4. The liquid crystal display of claim 3 , wherein a blocking member guide is disposed on the top surface of the sidewall and corresponds to a position of the tape.
5. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the blocking member includes a reflective cover removably attached to the frame, the reflecting cover including first coupling members disposed on an inner surface of the reflecting cover facing the frame, and the frame includes second coupling members facing the first coupling members such that the reflecting cover is attached to the frame when the first and second coupling members are combined.
6. The liquid crystal display of claim 5 , wherein the first coupling members and the second coupling members include protrusions and/or grooves.
7. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board further includes stoppers installed at opposite sides of the circuit board, and the recess includes coupling holes disposed in a portion of the frame adjacent to the recess and engagable with the stoppers; wherein the circuit board is fixed in the recess solely by the engagement of the stoppers and the coupling holes.
8. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein insertion guiding slots are disposed at opposite sides of the recess and receive ends of the circuit board, and a thickness of each of the insertion guiding slots is smaller than that of the circuit board, wherein the circuit board is fixed in the recess solely by the ends received in the insertion guiding slots.
9. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board further includes an auxiliary lamp is mounted on the circuit board, and the inner surface of the sidewall includes a second open area continuous with the first open area through which the recess is accessible from an inside of the frame, wherein when the circuit board is inserted into the frame, light generated from the auxiliary lamp is emitted from the recess.
10. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the circuit board is exposed through the recess when the circuit board is inserted into the frame, and the exposed portion of the circuit board is coated with a reflective material.
11. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , further comprising an inverter applying a voltage driving the light source, the voltage supplied from the inverter being adjusted depending on at least one of values measured by the brightness sensor and values measured by the temperature sensor.
12. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display, the method comprising: disposing an inner surface of a sidewall of a frame to face a light source emitting light; removably inserting a circuit board into a recess of the sidewall of the frame, the inserting a circuit board including exposing a first surface of the circuit board to emitted light from the light source, and the circuit board including at least one of a brightness sensor and a temperature sensor disposed on the first surface; and interfacing the circuit board to a power source, the power source supplying voltage to the light source and adjusting the voltage supplied in response to inputs from one of the brightness sensor and the temperature sensor.
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January 12, 2009
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